Katherine Harrison

PO Box 6524, Folsom CA 95763• (209) 285-2603 • kharrison@calca.connectionsacademy.org

CERTIFICATION
Preliminary California Single Subject Credential – English December 2018

EDUCATION
University of San Francisco - Branch Campus, Sacramento, CA
Master of Arts in Education with Teaching Credential December 2018

Brigham Young University, Provo, UT

Bachelor of Arts in English and Women’s Studies December 1998

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
High School English Teacher California Connections Academy, Ripon CA April 2019-Present
• Grade assessments and communicate via phone and webmail with my English 11 students
• Support homeroom students through regular communication with students and their families
• Participate in progress monitoring for my homeroom and content area students
• Team teach weekly video LiveLessons with my English 11 PLC
• Teach monthly video LiveLessons to my students on answering essay questions on unit tests
• Attend bi-weekly English 11 PLC meetings, collaborate and contribute to support our students
• Attend bi-weekly staff and department meetings, including training on various policies and procedures
• Attend monthly professional development courses
• Contribute to the Northern Region Festival team, planning three in-person festival for students and families

Student Teacher Wheatland High School, Wheatland, CA Fall 2018

• Taught English 2 daily to a class of 30 sophomores using student-centered instruction
• Collaborated with my Master Teacher to plan standards-based, differentiated lessons
• Modified curriculum for English learners and students with IEP’s by breaking concepts into simpler steps,
using videos and visual aids, providing graphic organizers and interactive activities to enhance learning
• Established strong relationships with students and maintained a respectful classroom environment
• Designed an innovative tech-based final exam review that was also used by the other English 2 teachers
• Planned and facilitated a guest speaker’s visit to all seven sophomore English classes
• Fulfilled a support role in English 4 and Yearbook, observed, assisted and taught lessons
• Attended weekly staff and department meetings to learn about various tech tools, PBIS, PALS program,
CAASPP testing, PLC

Student Teacher Del Campo High School, Carmichael, CA July 2017

• Assisted in a Newcomer English Language Development class of 30 new English learners
• Taught lessons on beginning English grammar using Google slides, magazine collage activity, Four Square
activity, and modeling use of sentence stems
• Accompanied students on a field trip to the state capitol, assisted and translated during the tour and activities
Substitute Teacher and Aide California Montessori Project, Shingle Springs, CA 2006 – 2011
• As a K-8 substitute teacher, implemented teachers’ lesson plans while adapting curriculum when appropriate
• As an aide, administered K/1 reading program and 4/5 literature and reading comprehension groups, assisted
teachers with classroom management, supervised playground
• Attended weekly staff meetings and annual staff trainings covering programs such as Rosetta Stone and
Accelerated Reader, classroom management and Montessori philosophy

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Hotline/Teen Outreach YWCA Sonoma County , Santa Rosa, CA January 2015 - May 2016
• Completed 40-hour training and certified as a domestic violence counselor
• Answered safe house hotline, provided callers with agency resources and community referrals
• Presented Teen Dating Violence content to Sonoma County high schools

Parent Volunteer California Montessori Project, Shingle Springs CA 2003-2011

• Led weekly small-group garden lessons to K-6 students
• Implemented weekly dance lessons to 4/5 students, including performance preparation

Dance Teacher Center Stage Dance Academy July 2004 – June 2006
• Taught weekly clogging lessons, including choreography and performance preparation, to students age 7-18

Youth Leader/Teacher LDS Church, Cameron Park, CA 1996-2012

• Choreographed, directed and prepared youth age 8-18 for musical theater performances
• Taught church lessons and planned after-school activities for teens age 12-18

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

• Proficient with G Suite for Education (Classroom, Slides, Docs, Forms/Quizzes), Turnitin.com, Canvas,
Zoom, Plickers, Kahoot, iMovie
• Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC) training
• Beginning Spanish (currently studying to strengthen conversational Spanish skills)
• Conscious Discipline, Mindfulness in Education
• Eager to mentor students in leadership, drama, dance, yearbook and journalism
• Dance choreography and performance (particularly clogging, world dance, ballroom)